SÉRUSIER, Paul
(b. 1864, Paris, d. 1927, Morlaix)

The Talisman (The River Aven at Bois d'Amour)

1888
Oil on canvas, 27 x 22 cm
Musée d'Orsay, Paris

While at the Pont-Aven artist's colony Sérusier painted a picture that became known as The Talisman, under the close supervision of Gauguin. The picture was an extreme exercise in Cloisonnism that approximated to pure abstraction.




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